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Re: Problem loading Python mode


From: Anselm Helbig
Subject: Re: Problem loading Python mode
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:16:53 +0200

At Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:26:06 +0200,
bar tomas <bartomas@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I'm using Emacs 22.3 on Wind XP.
> When I open a Python file (with py extension) I get  the following
> error warning:
> 
> File mode specification error: (file-error "Cannot open load file"
> "python-mode")
> 
> I have checked in the lisp/prog-mode folder and there is a file called
> python.el.

Yes, but Emacs is looking for `python-mode.el'. `python-mode.el' is
part of the python distribution while `python.el', which is a
different piece of software, comes with recent emacsen. 

> The only modification I have done to the init.el file (in .emacs.d) is
> to paste the followiing lines at the end of the file for org mode :
> 
>      (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))
>      (global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
>      (global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
>      (global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-iswitchb)

These lines don't look like they're related to your problem.

>      (global-font-lock-mode 1)
>      (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)

These lines should not be necessary since at least Emacs 22. 

HTH, 

Anselm


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